DHAKA: Staffs of Biman Bangladesh Airlines stage demonstration in their main office Balaka on Wednesday to press home their 14-point demands. As per the schedule of their movement, agitating staffs gathered in the office and starts demonstration at 9:00 am. They were echoing slogans

KHAGRACHHARI: At least 35 houses were gutted in fire in a bazaar in Panchhari upazila of the district early Wednesday. Sources said that the fire originated from a tea stall around 1:00am. Abdus Salam, Officer-in-Charge of Panchhari Thana, confirming the matter to banglanews, said

SUNAMGANJ: Two workers went missing as a sand-laden boat capsized by hit of a Bhalgate in Surma river at Panda area of Sadar upazila of the district on Tuesday night. The victims are Nur Miah, 40, son of Shamsu Mia, and Shohagh, 19, son of Khalil. They both hailed from Mohanpur village

HABIGANJ: Miscreant killed three people and left them on Dhaka-Sylhet rail line near Naowapara rail station in Madhabpur upazila of the district on Wednesday. The identity of the deceases could not be known immediately. Naowapara rail station master Maynul Haque and sub-inspector of

DHAKA: National Board of Revenue (NBR) has relaxed the rules for house rent payment through banks. From now, Landlords may deposit the rents (mandatory for over Tk. 25,000) in any of their existing bank accounts.  In a guideline, the board, on the day same, said that a landlord has to

MAKKAH: BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia performed Umrah at the holy Kaba Sharif in Makkah early Wednesday along with her son Tarique Rahman, daughter-in-law Dr Jobaida Rahman and grand daughter Jaima Rahman. Sources told banglanews that they completed the Tawaf, circumambulating the Kaba

RANGPUR: Three Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists were killed in a road accident in Dulhapur in Mithapukur upazila on Tuesday evening. The deceased were identified as Mizan, 26, son of Huda Mia from Tikli Dakkhin Para village of the upazila, Firoz, 25, son of Manju Mia from the same

FROM WALWORTH CENTRE: British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed his keen interest to visit Bangladesh for watching its achievement in social development and in facing fundamentalism. The British premier expressed his intention in a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

DHAKA: Chief of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission and also Under-Secretary-General of UN Hervé Ladsous will arrive here on a three-day official visit on Tuesday night. Foreign Ministry Director General (Economic Affairs Wing) M Riaz Hamidullah will receive Ladsous at Hazrat

FROM LONDON: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a bilateral meeting with Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Anthony Lake at Walworth Academy 11:00am local time (BDST 4:00pm) on Tuesday. Foreign Ministry sources said they discussed about increasing

DHAKA: Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali on Tuesday categorically said a tough law would be enacted to control electronic media of the country. Mohsin, who criticized the roles of electronic media over publishing report on the gruesome seven-murder in Naraanganj, said, “Such

FROM 10 DOWNING STREET, LONDON: Bangladesh Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina held a bilateral meeting with her United Kingdom counterpart David Cameron at the 10 Downing Street at 8:30am local time (1:30pm BDST) on Tuesday. Hasina who is now on a three-day official visit to UK to attend the

DHAKA: Three officials of Adflame Pharmaceuticals were awarded 10-year rigorous imprisonment and fined Tk 2 lakh each for producing adulterated Paracetamol, that killed 76 children.  The convicts are-- Adflame manager Mizanur Rahman, its director Dr Helan Pasha and production manager

DHAKA: The rail communications of Sylhet resumed with Dhaka and Chittagong in the afternoon after salvaging the oil tanker that derailed in Moghol Bazaar of Sylhet district on Tuesday morning. Assistant Executive Engineer of Railway Mujibur Rahman confirmed the matter to banglanews.

DHAKA: A man, who was shot by hijackers at Kamalapur on July 20, succumbed to his injuries Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Monday midnight. The deceased was identified as Mustafa Kamal, 55, resident of Lalbagh.   Before dying, wounded Mustafa Kamal told Banglanews that, he dealt in

DHAKA: Communications Minister Obaidul Quader directed police not to bow to any person except President and prime minister for violating traffic rules.  The minister came up with the direction while attending a mass awareness programme at city’s Farmgate on Tuesday.   He said that

DHAKA: Staffs of Bangladesh Airlines besieged the Biman Flight Catering Center (BFCC) to press their 14-point demand including introducing organization organogram (Maps and Directions), uniform bonus. Earlier, they also besieged the office of chairman Jamal Uddin Ahmed and managing

SYLHET: Three people were killed in a head on collision between a passenger bus and an auto rickshaw in Telibazaar Bridge area of South Surma Thana on Tuesday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Confirming the matter South Surma Thana Officer-in-Charge

CHITTAGONG: At least 20 people were injured as a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Napura Chararpul area under Banshkhali upazila at 9:00am Monday. All the injured were rushed to local Upazila Hospital and of them six fatally wounded people were sent to Chittagong Medical

DHAKA: The much-awaited verdict will be pronounced on Tuesday noon in a case against drug company Adflame for producing adulterated Paracetamol. Drug Court Judge Abdur Rashid re-fixed the date on July 22 as verdict of the case was not complete to be delivered on July 17.